Adele Perry
@adeleperry.bsky.social
historian, mother, settler, feminist, lousy speller. Based in Treaty One and Manitoba Act lands.
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Shout out to @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social's @adeleperry.bsky.social for this generous review of my Massey Lectures book, Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, in @winnipegfreepress.com.
And she is spot on. I am indeed "10-toes down for human rights"; as we all must be.
And she is spot on. I am indeed "10-toes down for human rights"; as we all must be.
Renewal of widespread human-rights commitment key
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shout out to @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social's @adeleperry.bsky.social for this generous review of my Massey Lectures book, Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, in @winnipegfreepress.com.
And she is spot on. I am indeed "10-toes down for human rights"; as we all must be.
And she is spot on. I am indeed "10-toes down for human rights"; as we all must be.
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LIVING LANGUAGE RIGHTS by Lorena Sekwan Fontaine is officially here! Pick up a copy of this groundbreaking read at the book launch next Wednesday, November 12, 7pm, at @mcnallyrobinson.com!
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
LIVING LANGUAGE RIGHTS by Lorena Sekwan Fontaine is officially here! Pick up a copy of this groundbreaking read at the book launch next Wednesday, November 12, 7pm, at @mcnallyrobinson.com!
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The purpose of austerity budgets is always to transfer public wealth into private hands. And in a country like Canada that always means a transfer to the same handful of domestic oligarchs and resource extraction multinationals.
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The purpose of austerity budgets is always to transfer public wealth into private hands. And in a country like Canada that always means a transfer to the same handful of domestic oligarchs and resource extraction multinationals.
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With the Major Projects Office wiping out environmental protections, with a spending freeze, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what kicked off Idle-No-More, no? This isn't Trudeau light, it's Harper plus.
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
With the Major Projects Office wiping out environmental protections, with a spending freeze, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what kicked off Idle-No-More, no? This isn't Trudeau light, it's Harper plus.
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Look at this, every year infrastructure spending for non-Native communities goes up, and at the same time spending for First Nations infrastructure goes down.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Look at this, every year infrastructure spending for non-Native communities goes up, and at the same time spending for First Nations infrastructure goes down.
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"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
If you’re wondering what I’m thinking about at any given time, it’s probably the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba, 1988-1991:
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you’re wondering what I’m thinking about at any given time, it’s probably the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba, 1988-1991:
I’m trying to wean myself off the free version of Sp0tify, and so far haven’t found anything with playlists and radio’s that do the same thing, or close to it. Any advice?
October 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’m trying to wean myself off the free version of Sp0tify, and so far haven’t found anything with playlists and radio’s that do the same thing, or close to it. Any advice?
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The Exchange District’s sole public school has received national recognition for mapping out a walking tour of often-overlooked landmarks that represent Black Canadians’ struggles and resilience #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Tour delves into Winnipeg's Black history
The Exchange District’s sole public school has received national recognition for mapping out a walking tour of often-overlooked landmarks that represent Black Canadians’ struggles and resilience. Kath...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Exchange District’s sole public school has received national recognition for mapping out a walking tour of often-overlooked landmarks that represent Black Canadians’ struggles and resilience #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Ahead of this year's Orange Shirt Day, I had the great honour of speaking with Kimberly Murray about the need to fight residential school denialism and stand up for the truth about residential schooling. Thanks to the Centre for Human Rights Research for their support: chrr.info/resource/fig...
Fighting Denialism and Standing Up for the Truth About Residential Schooling - Centre for Human Rights Research
Residential school denialism is on the rise. Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba professors and CHRR Research Affiliates, are working on a new book collection that will help peo...
chrr.info
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ahead of this year's Orange Shirt Day, I had the great honour of speaking with Kimberly Murray about the need to fight residential school denialism and stand up for the truth about residential schooling. Thanks to the Centre for Human Rights Research for their support: chrr.info/resource/fig...
Here’s today’s version of the HBC, proceeding in their own narrow interests, as if they owe nothing to the people or places they drew their wealth and authority from for the 350+ years.
Hudson's Bay wants to revert to its original plan to auction off its founding charter after more parties signalled interest in buying and then donating the 1670 document.
Also, its art auction could happen in November with 24 Indigenous pieces removed.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/hud...
Also, its art auction could happen in November with 24 Indigenous pieces removed.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/hud...
Hudson's Bay to seek court permission to auction off charter, docs say
TORONTO - New court documents say Hudson's Bay wants to revert to its original plan to auction off its founding charter after more parties signalled interest in buying and then
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
September 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Here’s today’s version of the HBC, proceeding in their own narrow interests, as if they owe nothing to the people or places they drew their wealth and authority from for the 350+ years.
Nothing cheers me up as much as this photo of Jean Folster, the first elected woman chief in Manitoba (Norway House) and her pet eagle, circa 1975: epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Nothing cheers me up as much as this photo of Jean Folster, the first elected woman chief in Manitoba (Norway House) and her pet eagle, circa 1975: epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/...
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey
This article investigates the connections between emancipation in Britain’s slave colonies and settler colonisation through the policies of Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (styled Viscount Howick ...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Forever grateful social media didn't exist when I was young and knew everything.
September 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Forever grateful social media didn't exist when I was young and knew everything.
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Today’s post, by Laura Ishiguro, Nicole Yakashiro and Ayaka Yoshimizu, explores their creation of an OER (open educational resource) on the life of Kiyo Tanaka-Goto, a Japanese woman who lived in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Kiyo Tanaka-Goto: An Open Educational Resource on a Life of Defiance and Relation-Making in the Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Hand towel, Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Kiyo Goto Collection, 2003.7.37, photo by Tadafumi Tamura. Laura Ishiguro, Nicole Yakashiro and Ayaka Yoshimizu What can one racialized migr…
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September 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today’s post, by Laura Ishiguro, Nicole Yakashiro and Ayaka Yoshimizu, explores their creation of an OER (open educational resource) on the life of Kiyo Tanaka-Goto, a Japanese woman who lived in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Never a dull moment.
My original lede for this was "they caught him ridin' purdy"
Man arrested after driving child-size Pink Barbie Keep through Prince George www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Man arrested after driving child-size Pink Barbie Keep through Prince George www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Man arrested after driving child-size pink Barbie Jeep through town | CBC News
Police and a legal expert say driving any motorized vehicle, including a toy, without a licence and insurance is a punishable offence.
www.cbc.ca
September 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Never a dull moment.
Hoo boy air canada picked the wrong people to tangle with: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-air-canada-flight-attendants-union-strike-deal-bargaining-agreement/
Air Canada flight attendants reject tentative agreement that ended strike
Airline and union to meet with a mediator to find ways to reach common ground on wages
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hoo boy air canada picked the wrong people to tangle with: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-air-canada-flight-attendants-union-strike-deal-bargaining-agreement/
I wish I had time to do a search through 19th and 20th C newspapers reporting that they were witnessing a new & terrifying youth crime wave because dude, people have thought this at literally every decade. We’ve been here before and more cops and more jail didn’t fix things then and won’t now.
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I wish I had time to do a search through 19th and 20th C newspapers reporting that they were witnessing a new & terrifying youth crime wave because dude, people have thought this at literally every decade. We’ve been here before and more cops and more jail didn’t fix things then and won’t now.
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Winnipeg's transit overhaul was intended to deliver faster and more reliable service to better serve all corners of a growing city. But a Free Press/Narwhal analysis of the system before and after the June 29 transition date reveals a different story.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
September 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Winnipeg's transit overhaul was intended to deliver faster and more reliable service to better serve all corners of a growing city. But a Free Press/Narwhal analysis of the system before and after the June 29 transition date reveals a different story.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
In the last decade or so in Manitoba I’d watch the pandemic, the late arrival of the opioid/poisoned drug supply crisis, & brutal provincial governments. I’d think man, it’s going to take a long time to get over this particular phase in colonialism’s history. And it really, really is.
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In the last decade or so in Manitoba I’d watch the pandemic, the late arrival of the opioid/poisoned drug supply crisis, & brutal provincial governments. I’d think man, it’s going to take a long time to get over this particular phase in colonialism’s history. And it really, really is.
for my sins, I'm re-reading the main tracts in support of national and nationalist Canadian history published in the 1990s, and what is striking is how very, very little they have to say about histories of Indigenous people or colonialism.
August 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
for my sins, I'm re-reading the main tracts in support of national and nationalist Canadian history published in the 1990s, and what is striking is how very, very little they have to say about histories of Indigenous people or colonialism.